Toy safe or bank



N. PETERS, PND RAFHER. WASHINGYON. D. C.

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UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

JOHN rIALL, or WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY SAFE on BANK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,055, dated December2l, 1869; antedated December 7, 1869.

To all whom, 2115 may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HALL, of Watertown, of the county of MiddlesexandState of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful or Improved ToySafe or Bank; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described inthe following specification, and vrepresented in the accompanyingdrawings, of Which- Figure lis a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a verticalsection of it, the bank in such igures being exhibited as open. Fig. 3is a section of it in a closed state.

In these drawings, A denotesabox,which, as represented, is in the formof a small house, it being provided with a hatchway or opening, a, inits top or roof. To this hatchway or opening there is hinged a cover, B,having a platform, C, extended from it at right angles, and arrangedwith respect to it in manner as shown. When the cover stands in avertical position, the platform is horizontal and serves to close theopening in the top ot the safe or box A. There extends from the top ofthe `cover B a heavy projection, D, which, besides other purposes, isintended as a counter-balance to hold the cover in an upright position.A cord or liexible Wire, E, fastened to the top of this projection, goesdown through a hole, d, at the top of the box or safe, and thence is.carried through another hole, e, in the front of the box, a knob, f,being fastened to the end of the said cord or Wire. There is placed uponthe platform C a gure, F,Which may be termed the cash- The head g ofthis gure is pivoted to the body h, so as to'be capable of being turnedhorizontally thereon when the said body is in an upright position. Inother Words, the head h is supported on a spindle, z', which goes downthrough the body. This spindle, at its lower end, is provided with anarm, 7a, which projects horizontally from it, the Same being as shown inFig. 4, which' is a cross-section of the cashier. A pendulum, Z,suspended from one side of the cashier, goes through an eye in the arm.If now We suppose the cover of the box, bank, or safe to be down, and Wedesire to raise it for the purpose of putting money into the safe, Wehave only to lay hold of the knob f and pull on it. By so doing We shallraise the cover into an upright position and bring the cashier out ofthe hatchway or hole in theltop of the box. In front of the cashierthere may be a small tablet, m. If now a piece of money be laid on thetablet and the Weight of the piece be sufcient'to overbalance the Weighttending to hold the cover in an upright positiomwhch should be the casewhen the lightest Weight coin is employed, the cashier, bythe excess ofweight of the coin, will be caused to descend into the box, and thecover B will fall with him and close the opening a. When the. cover israised, the said opening will be Vclosed by the platform C. For removalof the money from the box, there may be a hole or port on the bottomthereof, such hole being provided with a cover held in place by one ormore screws or other proper devices. The act of throwing up the cashierand the cover will set the pendulum oscillating in a manner to cause thehead of the cashier to have a quick reciprocating rotary movement. TheWhole constitutes a toy not only calculated to afford pleasure to achild, but to be of use as a means of storing small pieces ceive.

I claiml. The combination and arrangement of the platform C with the boxA, its cover B, and the means, as described, (or the equivalenttherefor,) for raising the cover.

2. The combination of the figure F or cashier with the box and thecover, or the same and the platform, provided with means, as described,for operating such cover in manner as explained.

3. The combination of the pendulum Z, the spindle t', and its arm k withthehead and body ofthe igure or cashier F, combined and to the box, soas to operate as specified.

JOHN HALL.

W'itnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER.

of money which from time to time he may re- .arranged with the cover andplatform applied

